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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Good morning David,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I am hosting an interesting “town meeting” here
at MDIHS next month.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>The island
group MDI tomorrow has asked me to set up a wireless collaborative network that
will<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>make it possible for 250
people to work on agenda items in small groups and share their results as a
whole.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>This is the model that is
used for the “National Town Meetings”.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>This first attempt will involve setting up 25 tables in the
gym to provide room for 250 attendees.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>Each table of 10 participants will have a wireless laptop where that
table’s “moderator/recorder” will record the important points
of the discussion and “send” that information to a Group leader who
will collect and distill the input from all 25 tables and then send those
results to a computer that will project the running results on two large
screens via LCD projector for the entire group of 250 to see.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I am working out the details and am asking for ideas from
all the creative people I know.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Do you have any suggestions about open source software that
could be used to manage this kind of data exchange?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks for your thoughts.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><st1:PersonName><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>George Fatula</span></font></st1:PersonName><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>Network Administrator / Technology Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>Mount
Desert Island</span></font></st1:PlaceName><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'> </span><st1:PlaceType><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'>High School</span></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>Phone:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>207
- 288 - 5011<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>ext. 345<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>Fax:<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>207 - 288 - 3970<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>gfatula@mdihs.u98.k12.me.us<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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